[Whether or not Anise can live up to that remains to be seen, but she'll try. Even if on some level she kind of thinks she shouldn't survive this, she's got a goal to pursue now and she won't just up and die before she gets a chance at it. She'll go down fighting or not at all.]

...Did you lose a shoe?

[Actually, losing her own shoes might be a good idea, she hasn't noticed anything especially dangerous on the ground and stocking feet have to be quieter than bare or shod.]